1 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
3 // Purpose: classes and functions to manage MIME types
4 // Author: Vadim Zeitlin
6 // Chris Elliott (biol75@york.ac.uk) 5 Dec 00: write support for Win32
9 // Copyright: (c) 1998 Vadim Zeitlin <zeitlin@dptmaths.ens-cachan.fr>
10 // Licence: wxWindows license (part of wxExtra library)
11 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
13 #ifndef _WX_MIMETYPE_H_
14 #define _WX_MIMETYPE_H_
17 #pragma interface "mimetypebase.h"
20 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
22 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
28 // the things we really need
29 #include "wx/string.h"
30 #include "wx/dynarray.h"
33 class WXDLLEXPORT wxIcon
;
34 class WXDLLEXPORT wxFileTypeImpl
;
35 class WXDLLEXPORT wxMimeTypesManagerImpl
;
37 // these constants define the MIME informations source under UNIX and are used
38 // by wxMimeTypesManager::Initialize()
41 wxMAILCAP_STANDARD
= 1,
42 wxMAILCAP_NETSCAPE
= 2,
50 TODO: would it be more convenient to have this class?
52 class WXDLLEXPORT wxMimeType : public wxString
55 // all string ctors here
57 wxString GetType() const { return BeforeFirst(_T('/')); }
58 wxString GetSubType() const { return AfterFirst(_T('/')); }
60 void SetSubType(const wxString& subtype)
62 *this = GetType() + _T('/') + subtype;
65 bool Matches(const wxMimeType& wildcard)
67 // implement using wxMimeTypesManager::IsOfType()
73 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
74 // wxFileTypeInfo: static container of information accessed via wxFileType.
76 // This class is used with wxMimeTypesManager::AddFallbacks() and Associate()
77 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
79 class WXDLLEXPORT wxFileTypeInfo
84 wxFileTypeInfo(const char *mimeType
,
88 // the other parameters form a NULL terminated list of
92 // the array elements correspond to the parameters of the ctor above in
94 wxFileTypeInfo(const wxArrayString
& sArray
);
96 // invalid item - use this to terminate the array passed to
97 // wxMimeTypesManager::AddFallbacks
100 // test if this object can be used
101 bool IsValid() const { return !m_mimeType
.IsEmpty(); }
105 void SetIcon(const wxString
& iconFile
, int iconIndex
= 0)
107 m_iconFile
= iconFile
;
108 m_iconIndex
= iconIndex
;
110 // set the short desc
111 void SetShortDesc(const wxString
& shortDesc
) { m_shortDesc
= shortDesc
; }
115 const wxString
& GetMimeType() const { return m_mimeType
; }
116 // get the open command
117 const wxString
& GetOpenCommand() const { return m_openCmd
; }
118 // get the print command
119 const wxString
& GetPrintCommand() const { return m_printCmd
; }
120 // get the short description (only used under Win32 so far)
121 const wxString
& GetShortDesc() const { return m_shortDesc
; }
122 // get the long, user visible description
123 const wxString
& GetDescription() const { return m_desc
; }
124 // get the array of all extensions
125 const wxArrayString
& GetExtensions() const { return m_exts
; }
126 int GetExtensionsCount() const {return m_exts
.GetCount(); }
128 const wxString
& GetIconFile() const { return m_iconFile
; }
129 int GetIconIndex() const { return m_iconIndex
; }
132 wxString m_mimeType
, // the MIME type in "type/subtype" form
133 m_openCmd
, // command to use for opening the file (%s allowed)
134 m_printCmd
, // command to use for printing the file (%s allowed)
135 m_shortDesc
, // a short string used in the registry
136 m_desc
; // a free form description of this file type
139 wxString m_iconFile
; // the file containing the icon
140 int m_iconIndex
; // icon index in this file
142 wxArrayString m_exts
; // the extensions which are mapped on this filetype
146 // the additional (except "open" and "print") command names and values
147 wxArrayString m_commandNames
,
152 WX_DECLARE_EXPORTED_OBJARRAY(wxFileTypeInfo
, wxArrayFileTypeInfo
);
154 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
155 // wxFileType: gives access to all information about the files of given type.
157 // This class holds information about a given "file type". File type is the
158 // same as MIME type under Unix, but under Windows it corresponds more to an
159 // extension than to MIME type (in fact, several extensions may correspond to a
160 // file type). This object may be created in many different ways and depending
161 // on how it was created some fields may be unknown so the return value of all
162 // the accessors *must* be checked!
163 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
165 class WXDLLEXPORT wxFileType
167 friend class WXDLLEXPORT wxMimeTypesManagerImpl
; // it has access to m_impl
170 // An object of this class must be passed to Get{Open|Print}Command. The
171 // default implementation is trivial and doesn't know anything at all about
172 // parameters, only filename and MIME type are used (so it's probably ok for
173 // Windows where %{param} is not used anyhow)
174 class MessageParameters
178 MessageParameters() { }
179 MessageParameters(const wxString
& filename
, const wxString
& mimetype
)
180 : m_filename(filename
), m_mimetype(mimetype
) { }
182 // accessors (called by GetOpenCommand)
184 const wxString
& GetFileName() const { return m_filename
; }
186 const wxString
& GetMimeType() const { return m_mimetype
; }
188 // override this function in derived class
189 virtual wxString
GetParamValue(const wxString
& WXUNUSED(name
)) const
190 { return wxEmptyString
; }
192 // virtual dtor as in any base class
193 virtual ~MessageParameters() { }
196 wxString m_filename
, m_mimetype
;
199 // ctor from static data
200 wxFileType(const wxFileTypeInfo
& ftInfo
);
202 // accessors: all of them return true if the corresponding information
203 // could be retrieved/found, false otherwise (and in this case all [out]
204 // parameters are unchanged)
205 // return the MIME type for this file type
206 bool GetMimeType(wxString
*mimeType
) const;
207 bool GetMimeTypes(wxArrayString
& mimeTypes
) const;
208 // fill passed in array with all extensions associated with this file
210 bool GetExtensions(wxArrayString
& extensions
);
211 // get the icon corresponding to this file type, the name of the file
212 // where the icon resides is return in iconfile if !NULL and its index
213 // in this file (Win-only) is in iconIndex
214 bool GetIcon(wxIcon
*icon
,
215 wxString
*iconFile
= NULL
,
216 int *iconIndex
= NULL
) const;
217 // get a brief file type description ("*.txt" => "text document")
218 bool GetDescription(wxString
*desc
) const;
220 // get the command to be used to open/print the given file.
221 // get the command to execute the file of given type
222 bool GetOpenCommand(wxString
*openCmd
,
223 const MessageParameters
& params
) const;
224 // get the command to print the file of given type
225 bool GetPrintCommand(wxString
*printCmd
,
226 const MessageParameters
& params
) const;
229 // return the number of commands defined for this file type, 0 if none
230 size_t GetAllCommands(wxArrayString
*verbs
, wxArrayString
*commands
,
231 const wxFileType::MessageParameters
& params
) const;
233 // set an arbitrary command, ask confirmation if it already exists and
234 // overwriteprompt is TRUE
235 bool SetCommand(const wxString
& cmd
, const wxString
& verb
,
236 bool overwriteprompt
= TRUE
);
238 bool SetDefaultIcon(const wxString
& cmd
= wxEmptyString
, int index
= 0);
241 // remove the association for this filetype from the system MIME database:
242 // notice that it will only work if the association is defined in the user
243 // file/registry part, we will never modify the system-wide settings
247 // expand a string in the format of GetOpenCommand (which may contain
248 // '%s' and '%t' format specificators for the file name and mime type
249 // and %{param} constructions).
250 static wxString
ExpandCommand(const wxString
& command
,
251 const MessageParameters
& params
);
253 // dtor (not virtual, shouldn't be derived from)
257 // default ctor is private because the user code never creates us
260 // no copy ctor/assignment operator
261 wxFileType(const wxFileType
&);
262 wxFileType
& operator=(const wxFileType
&);
264 // the static container of wxFileType data: if it's not NULL, it means that
265 // this object is used as fallback only
266 const wxFileTypeInfo
*m_info
;
268 // the object which implements the real stuff like reading and writing
269 // to/from system MIME database
270 wxFileTypeImpl
*m_impl
;
273 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
274 // wxMimeTypesManager: interface to system MIME database.
276 // This class accesses the information about all known MIME types and allows
277 // the application to retrieve information (including how to handle data of
278 // given type) about them.
279 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
281 class WXDLLEXPORT wxMimeTypesManager
284 // static helper functions
285 // -----------------------
287 // check if the given MIME type is the same as the other one: the
288 // second argument may contain wildcards ('*'), but not the first. If
289 // the types are equal or if the mimeType matches wildcard the function
290 // returns TRUE, otherwise it returns FALSE
291 static bool IsOfType(const wxString
& mimeType
, const wxString
& wildcard
);
294 wxMimeTypesManager();
296 // NB: the following 2 functions are for Unix only and don't do anything
299 // loads data from standard files according to the mailcap styles
300 // specified: this is a bitwise OR of wxMailcapStyle values
302 // use the extraDir parameter if you want to look for files in another
304 void Initialize(int mailcapStyle
= wxMAILCAP_STANDARD
,
305 const wxString
& extraDir
= wxEmptyString
);
307 // and this function clears all the data from the manager
310 // Database lookup: all functions return a pointer to wxFileType object
311 // whose methods may be used to query it for the information you're
312 // interested in. If the return value is !NULL, caller is responsible for
314 // get file type from file extension
315 wxFileType
*GetFileTypeFromExtension(const wxString
& ext
);
316 // get file type from MIME type (in format <category>/<format>)
317 wxFileType
*GetFileTypeFromMimeType(const wxString
& mimeType
);
319 // other operations: return TRUE if there were no errors or FALSE if there
320 // were some unreckognized entries (the good entries are always read anyhow)
322 // FIXME: These ought to be private ??
324 // read in additional file (the standard ones are read automatically)
325 // in mailcap format (see mimetype.cpp for description)
327 // 'fallback' parameter may be set to TRUE to avoid overriding the
328 // settings from other, previously parsed, files by this one: normally,
329 // the files read most recently would override the older files, but with
330 // fallback == TRUE this won't happen
332 bool ReadMailcap(const wxString
& filename
, bool fallback
= FALSE
);
333 // read in additional file in mime.types format
334 bool ReadMimeTypes(const wxString
& filename
);
336 // enumerate all known MIME types
338 // returns the number of retrieved file types
339 size_t EnumAllFileTypes(wxArrayString
& mimetypes
);
341 // these functions can be used to provide default values for some of the
342 // MIME types inside the program itself (you may also use
343 // ReadMailcap(filenameWithDefaultTypes, TRUE /* use as fallback */) to
344 // achieve the same goal, but this requires having this info in a file).
346 // The filetypes array should be terminated by either NULL entry or an
347 // invalid wxFileTypeInfo (i.e. the one created with default ctor)
348 void AddFallbacks(const wxFileTypeInfo
*filetypes
);
349 void AddFallback(const wxFileTypeInfo
& ft
) { m_fallbacks
.Add(ft
); }
351 // create or remove associations
353 // create a new association using the fields of wxFileTypeInfo (at least
354 // the MIME type and the extension should be set)
355 // if the other fields are empty, the existing values should be left alone
356 wxFileType
*Associate(const wxFileTypeInfo
& ftInfo
);
359 bool Unassociate(wxFileType
*ft
) ;
361 // dtor (not virtual, shouldn't be derived from)
362 ~wxMimeTypesManager();
365 // no copy ctor/assignment operator
366 wxMimeTypesManager(const wxMimeTypesManager
&);
367 wxMimeTypesManager
& operator=(const wxMimeTypesManager
&);
369 // the fallback info which is used if the information is not found in the
370 // real system database
371 wxArrayFileTypeInfo m_fallbacks
;
373 // the object working with the system MIME database
374 wxMimeTypesManagerImpl
*m_impl
;
376 // if m_impl is NULL, create one
379 friend class wxMimeTypeCmnModule
;
383 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
385 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
387 // the default mime manager for wxWindows programs
388 WXDLLEXPORT_DATA(extern wxMimeTypesManager
*) wxTheMimeTypesManager
;
390 #endif // wxUSE_MIMETYPE